Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And it happened, as they traveled from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar. And they lived there.
New American Standard Bible
It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land
King James Version
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Holman Bible
As people
International Standard Version
As people migrated westward, they came across a plain in the region of Shinar and settled there.
A Conservative Version
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Amplified
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.
Bible in Basic English
And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
Julia Smith Translation
And it shall be in their removing from the east they shall find a valley in the land of Shmar; and they shall dwell there.
King James 2000
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And as people migrated from the east they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And as they came from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and there they dwelled.
NET Bible
When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
New Heart English Bible
It happened, as they traveled from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
The Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass as they brake away onwards, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
Webster
And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
World English Bible
It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
Youngs Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;
Themes
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » Empire of » Called land of shinar
Babylon » City of » In the land of shinar
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Confusion of » A punishment for presumption, &c
Interlinear
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Qedem
Matsa'
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 11:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Tower Of Babylon
1 And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. 2 And it happened, as they traveled from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar. And they lived there. 3 And they said to one another, Come, let us make brick and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 10:10
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 14:1
And it happened in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations,
Daniel 1:2
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god. And he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
Isaiah 11:11
And it shall be in that day, the Lord shall again set His hand, the second time, to recover the remnant of His people that remains, from Assyria and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Ethiopia, and from Persia, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the coasts of the sea.
Zechariah 5:11
And he said to me, To build a house for it in the land of Shinar; and it shall be established and set there on its own base.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore the name of it is called Babel; because Jehovah confused the language of all the earth there. And from there Jehovah scattered them abroad on the face of all the earth.
Genesis 13:11
And Lot chose all the circuit of Jordan for himself. And Lot journeyed east; and they separated themselves from one another.